Body Of Apparent Drowning Victim Found

February 24, 1997

Chicago police continued Sunday to investigate the death of a man whose body washed ashore this weekend along Lake Michigan.

A jogger noticed the body Saturday morning by Foster Avenue Beach near the 5200 north block along the lake shore, said Belmont Area Police Sgt. Thomas Sappanos. The man's decomposed body was covered in a thin sheet of ice, Sappanos said.

"Apparently he washed up on shore before it got real cold," Sappanos said.

The Cook County medical examiner's office tentatively identified the body as a 32-year-old Chicago man who has been missing since late last year. Police said a positive identification will not be made until an autopsy is conducted Monday and fingerprints are examined.

Police believe the man drowned, saying he had no obvious injuries or wounds.